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** And done to Stewie in another episode. The scene being a parody of ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' (complete with word-for-word dialogue from that film), Stewie won't calm down and a line of people with increasingly extreme methods is waiting for their turn.

** Parodied in the action-packed fake PreviouslyOn of "Brian Does Hollywood": one of the scenes is of Peter in a coma, and as Meg tells Lois that he's never coming out of it, the latter slaps her.

* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'': Gwen slaps Humungousaur out of a drug-fueled rampage. She canonically beat the substance right out of him. [[ArmorPiercingSlap Not to mentioning that she seemed to make it hurt.]]

-->'''Edd:''' I feel sick! I feel nauseous! I CAN'T BREATHE!
-->*Eddy casually slams Edd's bed down on top of the hyperventilating Edd, spearing him right through the mattress*
-->'''Edd:''' *in subdued annoyance* Thank you. I needed that.
-->'''Eddy:''' Anytime, pal.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''

** Also done in the episode "He's Too Sexy for His Fat": Brian begins freaking out when he's covered in fleas, and Peter, quoting the trope name, immediately slaps...Lois. She's (understandably) less than pleased.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'', Squidward has just [[TimeTravel traveled through time]] and met Spongetron/Future [=SpongeBob=] and his [[MesACrowd hundreds of clones]]. Trying to process what has just happened, Squidward begins doing sit-ups and intones "Future! Future!" over and over again until Future [=SpongeBob=] drops a brick on his head.
** In another case, [=SpongeBob=] begins "spiraling" after coming to the realization that he apparently is ugly, causing Patrick to slap him across the face. [=SpongeBob=] immediately calms down. Being TheDitz, Patrick raises his hand to give him another.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'', Squidward has just [[TimeTravel traveled through time]] and met Spongetron/Future [=SpongeBob=] and his [[MesACrowd hundreds of clones]]. Trying to process what has just happened, Squidward begins doing sit-ups and intones "Future! Future!" over and over again until Future [=SpongeBob=] drops a brick on his head.

** In the confessional in "[[Recap/TotalDramaPhobiaFactor Phobia Factor]]", Courtney berates herself for not being able to overcome her fear of green jelly. She breaks down in tears over her ordeal and the possibility she'll be voted off tonight. Not one to take mercy on anyone, Courtney slaps herself out of it.

** This is a RunningGag in the ShowWithinAShow Space Heroes, the captain did it in every episode.

** Sam spies on the Mutant Maggots and discovers the next clue that way. He makes animal noises to covertly signal his findings to Scott, who has no clue what Sam is doing. He walks up to him and when Sam shows no signs of stopping with the animal noises, Scott slaps him into stopping.

* On ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'', HypercompetentSidekick Slinkman frequently has to do this to his [[PointyHairedBoss brainless boss]] Lumpus --- and Lumpus is perfectly aware of this. They even have a frying pan reserved specifically for Slinkman to beat him with.

** In "[[Recap/TotalDramaOceansEightOrNine Ocean's Eight - or Nine]]", a starved Owen responds dangerously to any hint or mention of food and Beth takes it upon herself to slap him back to reality. She first does it when the teams meet at the bank and a second time when Owen goes into a trance upon hearing the word "toast".

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' episode "Just Add Water," [[HippieTeacher Mr. O'Neill]] does it to [[HairTriggerTemper Mr. DeMartino]].
-->'''Mr. [=DeMartino=]:''' ''(suddenly calm)'' Thank you, Timothy. I needed that.\\
'''Mr. O'Neill:''' Oh, well--\\
'''Mr. [=DeMartino=]:''' [[SuddenlyShouting DON'T DO IT AGAIN!]]

** Brick, who is afraid of the dark, falls into an empty grave at the pet cemetery in the middle of the night in "[[Recap/TotalDramaFindersCreepers Finders Creepers]]. Jo helps him out of the grave and when Brick still displays signs of a panic attack, she slaps him repeatedly until he returns to normal.